Highway Dragnet

Highway Dragnet
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nathan Juran
Produced by	William F. Broidy Jack Jungmeyer
Written by	Story: U.S. Anderson Roger Corman Screenplay: Herb Meadow Jerome Odlum additional dialogue: Fred Eggers Tom Hubbard
Starring	Richard Conte Joan Bennett Wanda Hendrix Reed Hadley
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Cinematography	John J. Martin
Editing by	Ace Herman
Studio	William F. Broidy Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date(s)	7 February 1954
Running time	70 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Highway Dragnet is a 1954 crime drama film directed by Nathan Juran, based on story by U.S. Anderson and Roger Corman. The film stars Richard Conte, Joan Bennett and Wanda Hendrix. It tells the story of a former Korean War-era Marine, who hitches a ride with a female fashion photographer and her young assistant to escape from the Las Vegas police on a murder charge. Although most of the action takes place in California, for an unexplained reason the police are all portrayde as being from Las Vegas.

Production

Roger Corman sold his first screen story called The House by the Sea to Allied Artists for $3,000. Allied Artists changed the title to the more commercial exploitation Highway Dragnet after the success of the television series Dragnet and Highway Patrol.

Main cast

• Richard Conte as Marine Sgt. James Henry
• Joan Bennett as Mrs. Cummings
• Wanda Hendrix as Susan Willis
• Reed Hadley as Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle
• Mary Beth Hughes as Terri Smith
• Iris Adrian as Sally

External links

• Highway Dragnet at the Internet Movie Database
• Highway Dragnet at AllRovi
• Highway Dragnet at the TCM Movie Database
• Highway Dragnet at the British Film Institute